Improved tumbler-washer



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Letters Patent No. 94,424, dated August-31, 1869.

IMPROVED TUMBLER-WASHER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame- To all rwhom it may concern:

Be it known that VI, JOHN MATTHEWS, J r of the city, county, a-nd Stateof N ew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inTuinbler-Vashers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, formingpart of this specification, and in )vhich- Figure 1 represents a plan ofa tumbler-washing apparatus constructed in accordance with my improve-vment, and

Figure 2, a vertical section ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention consists in an apparatus, embracing several novel features,by which tumblers, cups, or glasses, may be washed with efficiency anddespatch, both as regards tlieir inside and outside surfaces, and underpressure of water as forced or supplied in jets, although the sourcefrom which the cleansing water is drawn gives no head or pressure.

Such apparatus will be found of great use in country and other places,where water for cleansing and 4other purposes is only obtainable fromsprings and other like sources, and will prove a great convenience inhotels and on soda-water fountains or stands.

Referring to the accompanying drawing- A represents a basin-like base,which is designed to rest on a table, counter, or stand, and thatcommunicates, by draining ape jtnres a a, with a centraldischarging-chamber, B, for foul and drainage water, said chamberserving, if desired, to support the basin, also being provided with adownwardly-projectiug pipe-like stem or outlet, O, preferably ofcylindrical form, and that, passing through a hole in the counterfmayhave any suitable pipe or hose connected with it, as at b, for runningolf the escaping dirty or waste water into a bucket or other receiver,drain or channel.

A screw-thread, c, may be formed around this stem, at a suitabledistance below the chamber B, for firmly securing the apparatus on itstable 'or stand, by means of'a nut fitted on said screw-thread, and madeto bear on or against the under surface of the stand.

The base or basin A may be formed at its centre with a cylindricalupward projection, d, which serves as a duct for the water fouled bywashing, and which Vmay likewise serve as an exterior guide to a hollowver-tical shaft or tubular column, D, that, in the operation of theapparatus, is worked up and down, Aand may serve the threefold purposeof forming a handle or means for working the apparatus, a supportfor thetumbler-guide and rest, and a duct forthe water fouled in washing toescape. Said column also indirectly serves to convey up through it thewater. used for cleaning the tumblers. l

Arranged concentrically within, or so that it projects up through thetubular stem or outlet C, and in suitable fixed connection with it, in aipanner so as not to obstruct free passage down said stem', is acleanwater supply or feed-duct, E, which may be connected by a pipe orhose, at its lower end, with a bucket or other vessel containing watersuitable for washing-purposes, and which carries, at its top, a valve,F, openinglupward; also has screwed on to ita hollow upright stationaryram or plug, G, arranged to occupy aconcentric position or thereaboutswithin the column D. Fitting freely but closely, (by the aid of astuiingbox, s,) around and over this stationary ram, which is left openat its top, is a vertically-reciprocating pumping barrel, H, thatcarries, at its upper end, a valve, I, opening outward, and is connectedin any suitable positive mannerwith the column D, so that as the latteris worked up and' down by the operator, it serves to similarlyreciprocate theI barrel; thus the valve I may be carried by a box, e,screwed into the upper end of thebairel H, and the column D be made torest and be' secured thereon by or through a tumbler-rest .and guide,attached to the upper portion ofthe column,

and clamped to or on the top of the barrel or its valvebox e, by adistributing cap, K, alranged to screw on to the valve-box.

Such tumbler-rest and guide, which also serves as an outside sprinkleror Washer to the tumbler, may be constructed in any suitable manner, butis here shown as made up of hollow bent arms J J, of a proper curvatureto receive and hold in an easy but steady manner an inverted tumbler,and in communication at their upper ends with the interior of thedistributingcap K, while `their outer ends are bent upward in conformitywith a basin-like construction to the top of the column D, andperforated as at ff.

rlhe cap`K, which is preferably made of a conical form,iisalsoperforated, as at g g, to adapt it as an inside washer to the tumbler;and the upper portion of the stem of the valve I may likewise beperforated, to act in concert with the cap as a distributer of the`water to the inside of the tumbler.

.A spring, M, which may, if desired, bevregulated by an adjustabletension-device, is introduced between the stationary ram G and upperportion of the barrel H, to support the latter with its pertaining partsand column D, and to throw them up after the same have been forced orpresseddown by the hand, as applied to the column or tumbler resting onthe arms J J. For this purpose, the spring M may rest upon a step formedwithin the stationary ram.

In using the apparatus, the tumbler is slipped upside down upon the armsJ J, andthe column D, with its pertaining parts, including the barrel'H,rapidly i worked up and down by the hand, either as applied to saidcolumn lor by pressure on top of the tumbler being washed.- This gives apumping action to the apparatus, and, by the aid of the valves F and I,causes the clean or washing water, in the upward stroke of the washed,they may be laid,.in inverted positions, on

the base or basin A-to drain, and the water tiickling from them berunoli` by the apertures a a to the general foul-water outlet C. y

A vtumbler-washer constructed to `operatefas described, a'nrl'combining,as an elementary feature, the

v function or action ofa pump, is as cleanly as efficient,

the washing water beingintr'oduced and passed o as fouled within orunder cover of the operating column D. Its particular use orapplication, that is, in places where water under pressure is notattainable, 4ha's already or herein previously been referred to..

What'is here claimed, and desired to be secured. by Letters Pat-ent, is

1. A tumbler-Washing apparatus, constructed'to.

operate -as a pump 4on elevating and depressing the support whichcarries the tumbler, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the stationary hollow ram G, thevertically-reciprocating barrel H, Wit-h their valves F I, theperforated distributing cap K, and th'e tumbler-guide and rest J J,essentially as described.

3. ',lhe tumbler-guide and rest J J, constructed to operate as anoutside washer, in combination with the distributing cap YK, forming aninside washer to the tumbler, the pumping barrel H, and the stationaryhollow ram G, with their valves I and F, essentially as specified. A

4. The combination, with the pumping barrel H, and hollow ram G, of the'column D, constructed and arranged for operation in connection with thetumblerrest and inside and outside sprinklers or washers, essentially asdescribed, and whereby the water to be used in washing and as fouledby'washing is passed within and through or undercover of said operatingcolumn, substantially as herein set forth.

rocating barrel H, and stationary hollow ram G, essentially asspecilied.

JOHN MATTHEWS, JRi Witnesses:

FRED. HArNEs, HENRY PALMER.

.5. The combination of the spring M withthe recip-y

